At an adjourned meeting of the citizens of Clark
County, Illinois, on the subject of railroads, assembled at the
court house in Marshall, on Monday the 5th of March, Col. W.B.
Archer, presiding.

Mr. Greenough from the committee appointed at the last
meeting, (March 1) to prepare a Preamble and Resolutions expressive
of the sense of the people of this county on the subject of
Railroads.

Before the adoption of the Preamble and Resolutions,
Col. Archer and Mr. Cooper addressed the meeting in favor of the
resolutions. After which the question was taken, and
resulted in their adoption by a unanimous vote.

On motion of Mr. Crane, a committee of three:
J.M. Crane, Uri Manly and John Allwood were appointed by the chair
to select delegates to represent this county in the convention to be
held at Salem, Marion County, Illinois, on the second Monday in May
next—which committee retired, and in a short time appeared and
reported the names of the following gentlemen as suitable persons to
represent Clark County in said convention.